Allen_Literary Terms

A comparison between two unlike things that uses like or as

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

• alliteration

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

the relationship in which one condition brings about another condition as a result. This result is called the effect

• compare and contrast
• cause and effect
• alliteration
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

when the same sound is repeated in two or more neighboring words

• simile
• point of view
• alliteration
• rising action

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

the moment in the story when the action reaches its greatest conflict

• climax
• rising action
• falling action
• description

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

the perspective from which the story is told. Could be 1st, 2nd, or 3rd person.

• climax
• point of view
• description
• opinion

a piece of information that can be proven

• fact
• opinion
• climax
• narrative

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

the type of writing that tells a story and can be actual (non-fiction) or fictional. May be expressed orally or in writing.

• narrative
• climax
• alliteration
• fact

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

the arrangements of events in a story

• climax
• point of view
• plot
• narrative

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

a personal point of view or belief, it cannot be proven

• fact
• opinion
• narrative
• plot

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

writing that compares to unlike things but does not use like or as

• metaphor
• alliteration
• resolution
• character development

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3